New Houses maintains a stoic presence upon the rugged, elevating terrain of the Oldham district. It lies 1.4 miles east-north-east of Lees (from Lees: bearing 60°T, OS grid SD 973 057), and is situated east-south-east of Scouthead village. Pale northern light frequently washes over the stone facades, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the buildings to the gritstone foundations of the Pennine fringe. To the south-east, the quiet basin of Doles Pit catches the grey sky, mirroring the shifting clouds in its still, dark surface. The land here rises with a purposeful incline toward the heights of Stone Breaks Hill, which dominates the horizon with a heavy, earthen stillness. Residents of New Houses often look toward the nearby Thurston Clough, where the valley floor holds the damp, cool air of the high moorland. The atmosphere carries a faint, persistent clarity, sharpened by the elevation and the absence of the industrial clamour that once defined the valleys below. Each stone wall and narrow lane reflects a landscape that has long traded the noise of the mills for the steady, unyielding breath of the hills.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Houses, Manchester, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for New Houses includes coordinates 53.548315, -2.041948, in the county of Manchester, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of New Houses is available on the New Houses map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Manchester weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.